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			<h1 title="A guide to using the dkret³ WordPress theme">The dkret³ theme</h1>

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				<img width="150" height="150" alt="screenshot" src="screenshot.png" title="screenshot" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-415"/>
				Dkret³ is a very flexible theme. It is the result of ongoing improvements over the two years now. The theme is my opinion of how wordpress themes <em>should</em> work. It is way more than just the look.
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			<p>I put a lot of efford on the "inside" of this theme too.</p>
			<p>Please note that the theme <strong>requires</strong> Wordpress 2.7</p>

			<h2 class="border clear">Theme Options</h2>

			<p>Every theme option available is there for your convenience, but they won't bloat your site or get in the way of your customization.<p>
			<p>Plus, dkret³ theme options only leave a single entry in your database, which reduces the clutter of multiple options that many plugins and themes add.</p>

			<h2 class="border">Widgets</h2>

			<p>The theme comes with a lot of <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/WordPress_Widgets" title="WordPress Widgets">Widgets</a>. You can place widgets in one of <strong>seven</strong> sidebars.</p>

			<p>Plus, widget areas completely collapse if you don't use them.</p>

			<h2 class="border">Page Templates</h2>

			<p>The theme is packaged with loads of useful <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Page_Templates" title="Page templates">page templates</a>.  Page templates change the way a page displays or functions depending on the particular template you've chosen.</p>

			<h3 title="Archives page template">Archives</h3>
			<p>This template will show your visitors your category and monthly archives.</p>

			<h3 title="Links page template">Bookmarks</h3>
			<p>Will produce an unordered list of your links by default.</p>

			<h3 title="No sidebar page template">No Widgets</h3>
			<p>For use on pages where you don't want any widgets displayed.</p>

			<h3 title="Guestbook page template">Quick Post</h3>
			<p>Have your own 'oldschool' Guestbook for your blog.</p>

			<h2 class="border">Schemes</h2>

			<p>The theme comes with some powerful schemes which change the look fundamentely. You decide whether you want your siderbar to be on the left or right side. You can even run dkret³ without a sidebar at all.</p>
			<p>Have a look at the admin panel for a complete list of all the available schemes.</p>
			
			<h3 title="Sidebar Left Scheme">Sidebar Left Scheme</h3>
			<p>Display the sidebar on the left side of your blog posts.</p>

			<h3 title="Double Sidebar Left Scheme">Double Sidebar Left Scheme</h3>
			<p>Two Sidebars next to each other on the left side of your blog posts.</p>

			<h3 title="Double Sidebar Right Scheme">Double Sidebar Right Scheme</h3>
			<p>Two Sidebars next to each other on the right side of your blog posts.</p>

			<h3 title="Sidebar Left and Right">Sidebar Left and Right</h3>
			<p>Newspaper like style.</p>

			<h3 title="Sidebar Top and Right Scheme">Sidebar Top and Right Scheme</h3>
			<p>One sidebar on top of your blog posts (advertising) and one on the right side.</p>

			<h3 title="Sidebar Small Scheme">Sidebar Small Scheme</h3>
			<p>More room for your blog posts. Less width for sidebar widgets.</p>

			<h3 title="Sidebar Off Scheme">Sidebar Off Scheme</h3>
			<p>You don't need a sidebar at all? Remove it!</p>

			<h2 class="border">Child Themes</h2>

			<p>The dkret³ theme is also a good staring point for your own design ideas. It is <strong>meant</strong> to be used as a base theme to build from.  You can extend it through child themes.</p>

			<p>Just create a new theme folder in your <code>/wp-content/themes</code> directory.  Call it something like <em>My dkret</em>.  So, you'd have a directory like <code>/wp-content/themes/my-dkret</code>.  Then, create a <code>style.css</code> file within your theme folder.  At the top, add this information:</p>

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<code>
/* 
Theme Name: My dkret
Theme URI: http://link-to-your-site.com
Description: Describe what your theme should be like.
Version: 0.1
Author: Your Name
Author URI: http://link-to-your-site.com
Tags: Add, Whatever, Tags, You, Want
Template: dkret3
*/
</code>
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			<p>Now, you have your own theme!  Of course, you might want to style it.</p>
			<p>The best idea for slight changes is to IMPORT the default dkret3 <code>style.css</code> and only add code changes. Updates to the base dkret³ theme won't (most likely) force an update to the child themes <code>style.css</code>.</p>

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<code>
/* Get base dkret3 CSS (style.css)*/
@import url('../dkret3/style.css');
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			<p>The <code>style.css</code> is the default theme <acronym title="Cascading Style Sheets">CSS</acronym> that you can overwrite.</p>

			<h2 class="border">Built-in Support for Plugins</h2>

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				<li><a href="http://www.webspaceworks.com/resources/wordpress/30/">Fold Page List</a></li>
				<li><a href="http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/plugins/math-comment-spam-protection/">Math Comment Spam Protection</a></li>
				<li><a href="http://robm.me.uk/projects/plugins/wordpress/now-reading/">Now Reading</a></li>
				<li><a href="http://gmurphey.com/2006/10/05/wordpress-plugin-page-link-manager/">Pagelinkmanager</a></li>
				<li><a href="http://www.zombierobot.com/wp-quotes/">Random Quotes</a></li>
				<li><a href="http://blog.jodies.de/archiv/2004/11/13/recent-comments/">Recent Comments!</a></li>
				<li><a href="http://www.wupperpiraten.de/diekretzschmars_zubehoer/vipers-plugins-used-dkret2-edition/">Vipers Plugins Used (dKret2 Edition)</a></li>
				<li><a href="http://www.raproject.com/wordpress/wp-ajax-edit-comments/">WP Ajax Edit Comments</a></li>
				<li><a href="http://pressography.com/plugins/wp-comment-remix/">WP Comment Remix</a></li>
				<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-pagenavi/">WP-PageNavi</a></li>				
				<li><a href="http://code.google.com/p/yarq/">Yet Another Random Quote</a></li>
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			<h2 class="border">Credit</h2>

			<p>I don't know if I can come close to naming all the people that should be credited, but I'll list some of the main folks.</p>

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			<li><a href="http://www.plaintxt.org/themes/sandbox" title="The Sandbox theme">Sandbox</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://tarskitheme.com" title="Tarski: An elegant, flexible WordPress theme">Tarski</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://ottodestruct.com/blog/2008/09/29/wordpress-27-comments-enhancements" title="WordPress 2.7 comments enhancements">Otto's WP 2.7 comments enhancements</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://justintadlock.com" title="Justin Tadlock">Justin Tadlock</a></li>
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			<h2 class="border">License</h2>

			<p>Dkret³ is licensed under the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html" title="GNU GPL">GNU General Public License</a>, version 3 (GPL).</p>

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			<p class="alignright"><a title="Joern Kretzschmar" href="http://diekretzschmars.de/">Joern Kretzschmar</a> <strong>(2009)</strong></p>
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					<li class="page_item"><a title="Download recent dkret³ version" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/dkret3">Recent dkret³ version</a></li>
					<li class="page_item"><a title="Download development version of dkret³" href="http://code.google.com/p/dkret-theme/">Google repository of dkret³</a></li>
					<li class="page_item"><a title="Official dkret³ home" href="http://diekretzschmars.de/wordpress/themes/dkret-theme/">dkret³ home (german)</a></li>
					<li class="page_item"><a title="Official german dkret³ documentation" href="http://diekretzschmars.de/wordpress/themes/dkret-theme/documentation/">dkret³ documentation (german)</a></li>
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